Patents Assigned to Siemens
  • Patent number: 10379177
    Abstract: An apparatus for visually monitoring a magnetic resonance scanner situated in a room, which is screened by an RF screen, has a camera and a screen housing in the screened room, a data link, and a receiver outside the screened room. The camera and the receiver each have at least one interface to the data link, which exits the screened room at a room interface that has a filter. The camera and the screen housing are designed so that the screen housing reduces magnetic and/or electrical interaction of the camera with a magnetic field generated by the magnetic resonance scanner. The camera has a field of view for visual detection of at least a part of the magnetic resonance scanner and is configured to generate visual data. The data link transfers the visual data between the camera and the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Stephan Biber
  • Patent number: 10379180
    Abstract: The transmission antenna apparatus is configured for emitting transmission magnetic fields in magnetic resonance imaging devices and includes one or more flat antennas. A magnetic resonance imaging device includes such a transmission antenna apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Helmut Greim, Klaus Huber, Sebastian Martius, Johanna Dorothee Schöpfer
  • Patent number: 10379187
    Abstract: In order to enable improved analysis of a magnetic resonance sequence, which provides a number of radio-frequency pulses for the acquisition of magnetic resonance measurement data of an object undergoing investigation by a magnetic resonance apparatus, the magnetic resonance sequence is provided to a computer and a first average radio-frequency output that is present during a first time window of the magnetic resonance sequence is determined. A second average radio-frequency output that is present during a second time window of the magnetic resonance sequence is determined. A value derived from the first average radio-frequency output and the second average radio-frequency output is provided from the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Greiser, Dominik Paul, Daniel Nico Splitthoff
  • Patent number: 10380825
    Abstract: A feeder system for item feeding is presented. The feeder system may include a container having a plurality of walls, an actuator, a selector, and a chute. The container receives a plurality of items. An opening is formed in the container. The items flow through the opening towards the selector by a gravitational force. The selector singulates the plurality of items into one item. The chute receives the singulated item one at a time from the selector. The actuator is attached to the container and agitates the container to maintain a flow of the plurality of items passing through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory D. Ariff, Donald R. Phillips
  • Patent number: 10379185
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) data from a subject, excitation pulses and at least two refocusing pulses are applied to the subject in an MR scanner, and the MR scanner is operated to activate gradients in a readout direction that cause at least two gradient echoes to be formed between the at least two successive refocusing pulses, with a temporal distance between the at least two gradient echoes that produces a predetermined phase shift between a signal acquired from a first nuclei in the subject and a signal acquired from a second nuclei in the subject at times of the respective gradient echoes, and that include readout gradients associated respectively with a first and a last gradient echo, among said at least two gradient echoes, the readout gradients being asymmetrical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alto Stemmer, Cong Zhao
  • Patent number: 10376240
    Abstract: In contrast agent imaging, a beamformer and transducer scan a region of a patient having contrast agents. A detector detects the contrast agents with at least two different contrast agent imaging techniques from ultrasound data resulting from the scanning. A processor compares responses of the contrast agents detected between the at least two different contrast agent imaging techniques and selects a relative contribution of the at least two different contrast agent imaging techniques. The selection is based on the comparing. Contrast agent imaging of the patient is performed using at least one of the contrast agent imaging techniques. The performance is based on the selected relative contribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: David P. Duncan, Xiaozheng Zeng, Ismayil M. Guracar
  • Patent number: 10381147
    Abstract: A container arrangement for power transformers that are constructed from individual components. The components are releasably connected to one another in such a way that simple mounting/demounting and separate transportation is made possible. At least some of the components are arranged in containers, wherein each container contains a predetermined type of components in such a way that the components necessary for intended construction variants of the power transformers at the use location are contained in a corresponding selection of containers. This renders possible the correct and efficient mounting of power transformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Christian Ettl
  • Patent number: 10376876
    Abstract: A pipette is described having a tube, a pressure mechanism, and at least one reagent pad. The tube has a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a sidewall extending between the first end and the second end, with the sidewall defining an interior cavity. The pressure mechanism is operably connected to the first end of the tube and is configured to enable a sample to be drawn into the interior cavity of the tube through the second end of the tube. The at least one reagent pad is positioned in the interior cavity of the tube and within a predefined liquid path whereby the sample contacts at least a portion of the at least one reagent pad when drawn into the interior cavity. In another embodiment, a pipette is described having a tube, a pressure mechanism, and a capillary positioned within the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventor: James A. Profitt
  • Patent number: 10378377
    Abstract: Test rig for a back-to-back test of a turbine, including an axle supported in at least one bearing fixed to a carrier, a gear coupled to the axle and a motor coupled to the gear, whereby a gear bearing arrangement comprising two radially extending arms to be coupled to the gear and extending in opposite directions, which arms are pivotally connected to a pair of torque arms extending in a basically parallel direction, with the ends of the torque arms being pivotally coupled to a frame including lateral extensions extending in opposite directions with connection segments, to which segments respective second torque arms arranged in a basically vertical direction in respect to the pair of torque arms are pivotally connected, which second torque arms are pivotally connected to a respective connection element arranged at the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
    Inventors: Morten Grostoel Oernhoej Christiansen, Brian Gabe Jensen, Martin Bebe Malligsen
  • Patent number: 10376233
    Abstract: In viscoelastic imaging with ultrasound, the shear wave speed or other viscoelastic parameter is measured by tracking at the ARFI focal or other high-intensity location relative to the ARFI transmission. Rather than tracking the shear wave, the tissue response to ARFI is measured. A profile of displacements over time or a spectrum thereof is measured at the location. By finding a scale of the profile resulting in sufficient correlation with a calibration profile, the shear wave speed or other viscoelastic parameter may be estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Yassin Labyed, Liexiang Fan
  • Patent number: 10376242
    Abstract: Viscosity is included in the quantification by an ultrasound imaging system. The log of a spectrum of displacement as a function of time is determined for each of various locations subjected to a shear or other wave. Solving using the log as a function of location provides the complex wavenumber. Various viscoelastic parameters, such as loss modulus and storage modulus, are determined from the complex wavenumber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Yassin Labyed, Liexiang Fan
  • Patent number: 10378367
    Abstract: A wheel disk assembly having a wheel disk, a plurality of blade devices, which are arranged thereon in a manner distributed over the circumference, and a plurality of sealing plates, which are retained in two annular grooves spaced apart from each other radially. In this assembly, the first annular groove is provided in the wheel disk and is bounded axially outward by an annular projection. The projection, in turn, is interrupted by a recess extending in the circumferential direction, with the result that a sealing plate can be inserted axially through the recess between the annular grooves. A closure piece is furthermore provided for closing the recess, which closure piece is captively retained on the sealing plate by a form fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Hoell, Kevin Kampka, Karsten Kolk, Marc Lange, Peter Schröder, Vyacheslav Veitsman
  • Patent number: 10379144
    Abstract: An arrangement having two redundant modules that monitor one another and that each contain a current or voltage source, which is connected to a first line terminal via a first controllable switch and a first current sensor, wherein each module also has a second line terminal and a ground terminal, between which lies a second current sensor in series with a second controllable switch, where each module, when in the functioning state, closes the controllable switches contained therein, and contains a monitoring device connected to the two current sensors of the modules, the monitoring device generating a monitoring signal identifying the corresponding other module as functioning if at least one of the two current sensors detects a current flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Dirk Marenski
  • Patent number: 10381898
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine (1) having a stator (2), with magnetic-field-conductive material, in which substantially axial grooves (4) are positioned, wherein a winding system (3), which is surrounded and/or penetrated by impregnating resin, is provided in the grooves, wherein the impregnating resin has energy-absorbing particles (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Marion Ballweg
  • Patent number: 10379692
    Abstract: A circuit having a resistive touch screen, a medical imaging appliance having a resistive touch screen and a method for operating a resistive touch screen are provided. The circuit has a resistive touch screen with a resistive first layer and a resistive second layer that are arranged parallel above one another. Voltage dividers of the first and second layers are formed by contact with the touch screen and are extended by electrical resistors arranged at edges of the first and second layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Greif, Harald Karl, Lennart Kilian, Torsten König
  • Patent number: 10376335
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus to provide updated images during a robotically-implemented surgical procedure, 3D data is obtained of a volume of a patient, which includes anatomy involved in the procedure. The anatomy is segmented from a reconstructed image of the volume. During the procedure, the surgeon applies forces on the anatomy, causing a geometric change of the anatomy. Force sensors in the surgical robot detect these forces, which are supplied to a processor that controls display of the segmented anatomy at a display screen. From the applied forces and the physical properties of the anatomy, the processor calculates the geometric change of the anatomy that has occurred and modifies the appearance and/or position of the displayed segmented anatomy on the display screen in real time during the procedure, so as to visualize the geometric change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Intuitive Surgical Operatons, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahdi Azizian, Lutz Blohm, Holger Kunze, Christine Niebler, Jonathan Sorger
  • Publication number: 20190244614
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a hazard detector comprising: a microphone configured to record an audio signal; a hazard sensor; a detection circuit connected to the hazard sensor; and a processing unit connected to the detection circuit and the microphone. The detection circuit receives signals from the hazard sensor and generates a signal as a function thereof. The processing unit comprises a digital interface for communication with an external computer and is configured: to receive the detector signal from the detection circuit; to receive the audio signal from the microphone and to detect a predetermined preamble comprising a word in the audio signal; and if the detector signal contains a positive indication with respect to a hazard or if a predetermined preamble is detected in the audio signal, to generate a output signal as a function of the received signal and send the output signal to the computer via the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Tilman Weiers
  • Publication number: 20190242601
    Abstract: For air distribution or extraction, fan speed is controlled using modeling to account for venturi air valves. A minimum pressure for each venturi air valve is incorporated into the model. The pressure losses for various duct airpaths to terminal units is calculated based, in part, on the minimum pressure of any venturi valve. The fan set point or operation is established based on the highest needed pressure in the various airpaths connected with the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. Coogan, Scott Johnson, Paul Fuson
  • Publication number: 20190242918
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performing photometric cuvette mapping includes detecting edges associated with a plurality of gaps between a plurality of vessels in a reaction ring during a complete rotation of a reaction ring. Each gap is determined according to an edge detection process which includes identifying: a vessel interior in response to detection of a first predetermined number of photometer device control manager (DCM) measurements below a threshold value; a rising edge in response to detection of a second predetermined number of photometer DCM measurements above the threshold value; and identifying a falling edge in response to detection of a third predetermined number of photometer DCM measurements below the threshold value. The edge detection process further includes recording the rising edge and the falling edge as being indicative of one of the plurality of gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Joson K. Joseph, Bestin Abraham
  • Publication number: 20190239829
    Abstract: A filter device is for a collimator of an irradiation device. In an embodiment, the filter device includes a plurality of filter disks, arranged on a disk that is rotatable around an axis. Each filter disk is mounted so as to be movable in a radial direction and is tensioned by way of a respective spring element radially away from the axis or toward the axis against a guide contour, effecting a radial movement of at least one filter disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan POPP, Robert PETRIK